The Elderly Intellectual Repository Model to Improve People’s Quality of Life in Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the current conditions of the elderly intellectual repository model to improve people’s quality of life in Chiangrai province and to evaluate the elderly intellectual repository model to improve people’s quality of life in Chiangrai province to obtain more appropriate benefits for the elderly. The research sample group of 55 registered elderly was selected by using a purposive sampling method from the inventory of registered intellectual elderly in Chiangrai. The research tools were questionnaires, interviews and focus groups. The data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and qualitative research method.

The results showed that the current educators of the elderly intellectual repository were both male and female aged between 60-69 years with secondary level education. They have a general knowledge / wisdom in industry, handicraft, basketry and OTOP, a treasury of arts, culture, traditions and a treasury on religion and ethics. For the current lifestyle of the knowledge recipients were mostly male aged between 60-69 years with primary level education and having work experience of 1-10 years. The elderly intellectual repository model included transferring knowledge/the intellectual repository were done via self-study and the evaluation should be conducted before and after class. The intellectual repository results offered the educators the feeling of cherishment, raising the awareness to recognize the value of the local heritage and becoming the motivation in conserving the intellectual repository. After evaluating the model, it was found that the new model can be used in education and transmission in the future.